What Is Random? : Chance and Order in Mathematics and Life. 2nd ed. 2020

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by Edward Beltrami

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Copernicus, 2020

著者名:

• Beltrami, Edward.
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ISBN:

9781071607992 [1071607995]    

注記:

The Taming of Chance -- Uncertainty and Information -- Janus-Faced Randomness -- Algorithms, Information, and Chance -- The Edge of Randomness -- Fooled by Chance -- Sources and Further Readings -- Technical Notes -- Appendix A: Geometric Sums -- Appendix B: Binary Numbers -- Appendix C: Logarithms.
We all know what randomness is. Or do we? Randomness turns out to be one of those concepts that works just fine on an everyday level, but becomes muddled upon close inspection. People familiar with quantum indeterminacy tell us that order is an illusion and that the world is fundamentally random. Yet these same people also say that randomness is an illusion: The appearance of randomness is only a sign of our ignorance and inability to detect the pattern. By applying mathematical thinking, mathematician Edward Beltrami removes much of the vagueness that encumbers the concept of randomness. You will discover how to quantify what would otherwise remain elusive. As the book progresses, you will see how mathematics provides a framework for unifying how chance is interpreted across diverse disciplines. This book will provoke, entertain, and inform by challenging your ideas about randomness, providing different interpretations of what this concept means, and showing how order and randomness are really two sides of t

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